November 29th, 2006
Where are all these information organizers for the Mac coming from these days? In the last few months or so, we got Yojimbo, EagleFiler and now Keep It Together. Did Apple release some API that makes creating these organizers so dead-simple that all that needs to happen is have a pretty interface wrapped around it? Or does the market really need this many applications that all pretty much do the same thing and look alike?—Continue reading....
November 29th, 2006
I abhor bad drivers. I've often wished I could pull over that guy in the 1988 Acura who made a right turn from a no-turn middle lane, veered into the car-pool lane during rush hour with no one in his car, all without signaling.—Continue reading....
November 24th, 2006
I mean, really. (In Costco parking lot.) —Continue reading....
November 22nd, 2006
As I mentioned the other day, Y and I went to Pigeon Point Lighthouse, hoping for some pretty photographs. Alas, our position didn't allow it. We did take a few nice shots, though.—Continue reading....
November 21st, 2006
The authors at NodePoint.com claim they "provide Macintosh support services to high-profile clients". On their website, they write mostly about newly released software, with the occasional instructional material, and even more occasional opinion piece. One of their recent opinion pieces complains about Apple's "universal binary" applications, where one double-clickable application can run on both PowerPC- and Intel-based Macs —Continue reading....
November 18th, 2006
Some eight or nine months ago, Y and I found ourselves on one of our many drives along the California coast, cruising down Highway 1. We came upon a lighthouse and decided to stop in. Although we couldn't get to the top (because they closed it for repair), we did learn that once a year, on the anniversary of the first time the lighthouse went into operation, they fire up the lights for a few hours, giving visitors a taste of what hundreds of ships saw to guide them safely.—Continue reading....
November 17th, 2006
There's some kind of stomach virus floating around Silicon Valley. About a dozen or so people in my department at work have come down with stomach-flu-like symptoms, some lasting about 24 hours, others lasting three or four days. One guy had to go to the emergency room at 4 am after he collapsed and slammed his head onto his sink. —Continue reading....
November 15th, 2006
I'm sick of all the cheaters in the carpool lanes.—Continue reading....
November 12th, 2006
In what has to be the oddest story (to date) about the forthcoming Microsoft Zune is that Microsoft has agreed to play Universal Music Group (the music publishers) $1 per Zune sold. This is regardless of whether anyone ever adds a single Universal-published song to the Zune, ever. —Continue reading....
November 12th, 2006
The city of Campbell has a weekly farmers' market. Every couple of months, Y and I stroll through the 4-block-long market, sampling the foods and enjoying the weather. And, every couple of months, I find myself drawn in by the allure of the fresh food and pay lots of money for stuff I could get cheaper at the local Safeway, freshness be damned. This time, I bought the following items: —Continue reading....
